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{{Short description|Indian motorcycle company (1960–1996)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| logo = Yezdi Logo.png
| logo_caption = Forever Bike, Forever Value
| type = Motorcycle manufacturer
| fate = defunct
| foundation = 1960
| location = [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
| key_people = Farrokh Irani, Founder
| industry = [[Automotive]]
| products = [[Jawa Moto|Jawa]], [[Yezdi]]
| num_employees = 3500
| dissolved = 1996
| homepage = [http://www.yezdi.com yezdi.com]
}}

'''Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd''' was an Indian [[motorcycle]] company based in [[Mysore]], which sold licensed [[Jawa Moto|Jawa motorcycles]] beginning in 1960 under the brand name '''Jawa''' and from 1973 as '''Yezdi'''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/The-return-of-roaring-Jawa-Yezdis/articleshow/14755899.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017075011/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/bangalore/32604349_1_jawa-bikes-jawa-yezdi-motorcycle-club-ideal-jawa |url-status=live |archive-date=17 October 2013 |title=The return of roaring Jawa Yezdis |date=9 July 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 September 2013 }}</ref> Jawa motorcycles were introduced in India in 1960 and they have a cult following to this present day. Production was carried out directly in India by Ideal Jawa India Ltd based out of [[Mysore]]. The Yezdi factory was located at Yadavagiri along the railway line which heads to Mysore Junction. The factory was inaugurated by the then Governor of Mysore State, Sri [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar|Jayachamaraja Wadiyar]], Maharaja of Mysore in 1961.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/171359/yezdi-beat-past.html |title=Yezdi a Beat from the past |date=24 June 2011 |publisher=Deccan Herald, Mysore}}</ref>

The company stopped production in 1996.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/mysore/40589738_1_bike-rally-yezdi-international-jawa-day|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718222120/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/mysore/40589738_1_bike-rally-yezdi-international-jawa-day|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 July 2013|title=A day for Jawa, Yezdi bikes|date=15 July 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=13 September 2013}}</ref>

In January 2022, the brand was relaunched in India as '''Jawa Motorcycles''' by [[Mahindra & Mahindra]] through their Classic Legends subsidiary, through a licensing deal with the original [[Czech Republic|Czech]] company JAWA Moto. Three models were introduced, the Roadster, Scrambler and Adventure. Yezdi motorcycles will be sold alongside Jawa motorcycles in India.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/auto/bike-news/yezdi-roadster-scrambler-adventure-bikes-launched-in-india-price-specs-features/2405375/| title=Yezdi is back! New Roadster, Scrambler, Adventure bikes launched in India | date=13 January 2022 }}</ref>

[[File:Jawa 250 typ 353 100.jpg|thumb|Jawa 250 cc 'A' (Type 353 Kyvacka)]]
[[File:Jawa 50 Jet.jpg|thumb|Jawa Jet 50 cc 'A' (Type 555 Pionyr)]]
==Models==
There have been many models of this brand before the company shut its doors in 1996.
Their various models are included below:
*Jawa 250 typ 353/04 Kyvacka called 'A' Type (under license)
*Jawa 50 Pionyr typ 555 (under license)
*Jawa 50 Jet 'A' Series
*Jawa / Yezdi 250 'B' Type (Radial Head & Dimple Tank Transition Model)
*Yezdi 60 Jet 'B' Series
*Yezdi 250 'B' Type (Model B)
*Yezdi 250 Oilking (CB Points and Oil Pump) 'C' Type
*Yezdi 250 [[Roadking]] (CB Points) 'C' Type
*Yezdi B250 Deluxe 'B' Type or "B1"
*Yezdi D250 Classic 'D' Type
*Yezdi 250 CL II 'D' Type
*Yezdi 250 Deluxe 'D' Type (1985-87)
*Yezdi 250 Deluxe 'D' Type (Big Tank & Megaphone Silencers) (1988-95)
*Yezdi 60 Jet 'C' Series
*Yezdi 60 Colt
*Yezdi 175 (CB Points)
*Yezdi 60 Colt Deluxe
*Jawa / Yezdi 350 Twin (Jawa 350 typ 634 Powered)
*Yezdi 175 Deluxe (CDI)
*Yezdi 250 [[Roadking]] (CDI) 'C' Type
*Yezdi 250 Monarch (CDI) 'C' Type
*I.Jawa 250 [[Roadking]] (CDI) 'C' Type (Export Model)
*Yezdi 250 MT (CDI) 'C' Type (Export Model)
*Yezdi 125 Deluxe (Never released)
*Yezdi 250 Supersprint 'C' Type (Never released)

The 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D' Types are the model of Engine that particular bike has.

Ideal Jawa also exported many of the above models to over 61 countries around the world including [[Turkey]], [[Nigeria]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[Egypt]] and others. [[Guatemala]] was supplied with custom White Yezdi Roadkings for their Police forces. Some Yezdi 175s were supplied to an oil company in [[Ghana]]. A model exported to [[Venezuela]] was called the Yezdi 250 MT. A few Yezdi Monarchs were used for Pizza delivery in Abu Dhabi, [[UAE]].

==End of production==
When the company was forced to shut down, it was producing the 175, Monarch, Deluxe, Road Kings and CL II. The main reason for the company's collapse was labor trouble and increasing levels of pollution control norms which were making the [[two stroke]] bikes that the company produced obsolete.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2011/sep/180911-Iron-to-gold-in-2-strokes.htm |title=Iron to gold in 2 strokes |author=Yoshita Sengupta|date=18 September 2011 |publisher=Mid Day, Mumbai|access-date=11 September 2013 }}</ref> With the advent of [[Yamaha Motor Company|Yamaha]] and [[Honda]] in India, these bikes lost their status as Yezdis were heavier and in some cases slower with lower [[fuel efficiency]].

==In motorsports==
Ideal Jawa had factory teams for both road races at [[Sholavaram]] and the National Motorcycle Rally Championships. Yezdis were preferred rally bikes in the 80s and 90s.

==Yezdi Brand Relaunch==
Starting 13 January 2022 the Yezdi brand has been reintroduced<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dasgupta|first=Sabyasachi|date=2022-01-12|title=Yezdi returning to India with 3 new motorcycles. What to expect|url=https://auto.hindustantimes.com/auto/two-wheelers/yezdi-set-to-return-to-india-with-3-new-motorcycles-tomorrow-what-to-expect-41641967473889.html|access-date=2022-01-12|website=Hindustan Times Auto News|language=en}}</ref> in the Indian market by Classic Legends, after a gap of 25 years. There are three models which have been launched - Scrambler, Roadster and Adventure.

The relaunched models in 2022 are not from Ideal Jawa but from Classic Legends Private Limited.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jawamotorcycles.com/news/mahindra-s-classic-legends-relaunches-iconic-jawa-motorcycle#:~:text=Classic%20Legends%2C%20a%20subsidiary%20of%20Mahindra%20and%20Mahindra%2C%20Thursday%20relaunched,lakh%20and%20Rs%201.89%20lakh. | title=Mahindra's Classic Legends relaunches iconic Jawa motorcycle - Jawa Jawa }}</ref>
*Yezdi Roadster
*Yezdi Scrambler
*Yezdi Adventure

==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:Yezdi 60 Jet.jpg|Yezdi Jet 60 'B' Series
File:Yezdi D 250 Classic.JPG|Yezdi 250 Classic 'D' Type
File:YEZDI CLASSIC 250CC CLASSIC.jpg|Yezdi 250 CL-II 'D' Type
File:Yezdi Monarch.jpg|Yezdi 250 Monarch 'C' Type
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Jawa Motors]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}

*[http://www.yezdi.com www.yezdi.com]
*{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/The-return-of-roaring-Jawa-Yezdis/articleshow/14755899.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017075011/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-09/bangalore/32604349_1_jawa-bikes-jawa-yezdi-motorcycle-club-ideal-jawa |url-status=live |archive-date=17 October 2013 |title=The return of roaring Jawa Yezdis |date=9 July 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=11 September 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/2011/sep/180911-Iron-to-gold-in-2-strokes.htm |title=Iron to gold in 2 strokes |author=Yoshita Sengupta|date=18 September 2011 |publisher=Mid Day, Mumbai|access-date=11 September 2013 }}
*{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/mysore/40589738_1_bike-rally-yezdi-international-jawa-day
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718222120/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-15/mysore/40589738_1_bike-rally-yezdi-international-jawa-day
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=18 July 2013
|title=A day for Jawa, Yezdi bikes|date=15 July 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]
|access-date=11 September 2013}}

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